Determinants of Adoption of Improved Dairy Technologies: The Case of Offa Woreda, Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Table 5

Institutional variables.

Distance nearest market	Adopters	Non adopters	Total	t-value	p value
Mean	3.84	4.74	4.6	15.7	0.004
Standard deviation	3.1	3.5	3.4
Maximum	17	15	17
Minimum	1	1	1
Dairy experience	Adopters	Non adopters	Total	t-value	P value
Mean	27.2	22	24.2	31.9	0.007
Standard deviation	11	7	9
Maximum	62	44	62
Minimum	5	10	5
Access to extension service	Adopters %	Non adopters %	Total %	X^2	P value
Fortnightly	3.2	36.8	22.7	29.3	,
Monthly	22.2	27.6	25.3
Weekly	74.6	35.6	52.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0
Access to credit service	Adopters %	Non adopters %	Total %	X^2	P value
Yes	81	55.2	66	10.8	0.001
No	19	44.8	34
Total	100	100	100

Significant at a probability level less than 1% (Source: Own survey, 2019).